39.8% ▲ +17.7%
Lower than 60% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 39.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bounded Locality · Section of State
Education & Qualifications in Bounded Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people have finished high school or university in Bounded Locality compared to most of the country. Only 39.8% of residents completed Year 12, and the proportion of adults with a university degree is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion of Year 12 is lower than in most areas and sits 19 points below the Australian average, though it rose 6 points since 2011 to reach 39.8%. About 29.4% of people finished Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bounded Locality, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 11.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia. Trade qualifications are more common here, with 38.9% of people holding a Certificate III or IV.
11.2% ▲ +29.9%
Lower than 79% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Bounded Locality, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are Engineering and related subjects at 17.2%, followed by Management and commerce at 12.6%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bounded Locality [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS32/bounded-locality/topic/education